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SGI & NASA Build World's Fastest Supercomputer

Posted by timothy on from the but-does-it-run-windows dept.

GarethSwan writes "SGI and NASA have just rolled-out the new world number one fastest supercomputer. Its performance test (LINPACK) result of 42.7 teraflops easily outclasses the previous mark set by Japan's Earth Simulator of 35.86 teraflops AND that set by IBM's new BlueGene/L experiment of 36.01 teraflops. What's even more awesome is that each of the 20 512-processor systems run a single Linux image, AND Columbia was installed in only 15 weeks. Imagine having your own 20-machine cluster?"

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  1. That'll NEVER be beaten! by NerveGas · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... at least not for another week.

    steve

    --
    Oh, you're not stuck, you're just unable to let go of the onion rings.